Category: Operations

Definition:Equipment that you use to manufacture a product, provide a service
or use to sell, store and deliver merchandise. This equipment has
an extended life so that it is properly regarded as a fixed asset.

Definition:An expense item set up to express the diminishing life expectancy
and value of any equipment (including vehicles). Depreciation is
set up over a fixed period of time based on current tax regulation.
Items fully depreciated are no longer carried as assets on the
company books.

Definition:The manner in which goods move from the manufacturer to the outlet
where the consumer purchases them; in some marketplaces, it's a
very complex channel, including distributors, wholesaler, jobbers
and brokers.

Definition:The practice of having certain job functions done outside a company
instead of having an in-house department or employee handle them;
functions can be outsourced to either a company or an individual

Definition:The indirect costs or fixed expenses of operating a business (that
is, the costs not directly related to the manufacture of a product
or delivery of a service) that range from rent to administrative
costs to marketing costs

Definition:Any publicly displayed information that's presented in the form of
words, symbols and/or pictures and is designed to advertise your
business. Sign permits provide legal permission to post such
information.

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